Alcaraz illuminates the year of Nadal's blackout and the loss of Santana

In June, it pointed out that it was going to be a disastrous year for Spanish tennis, which at the end of 2021 lost its pioneer, Manolo Santana.Rafael Nadal gave the crown in Roland Garros in the semifinals before a novak djokovic that was going to match him in Grand Slam titles and left Paris touched the foot, an injury that at that time was not known that he would have out of the tracks practically therest of the season.Before, Nadal had won in Barcelona and Rome, but he had hit it in Montecarlo and Madrid, in addition to wasting, at the beginning of the year, an advantage of two sets to zero against Stefanos Tsitsipas in Australia.

The Balearic ended up going from Wimbledon and the Olympic Games, for the restrictions in these tournaments and for a problem in the foot that was enlarging and that, although it allowed him to return in Washington to play two games, ended with his seasonFour months earlier than expected and at the end of the year it was infected by Covid.Neither open from the United States, nor Davis Cup, nor ATP finals in Turin.Nadal barely played 29 meetings (24-5), a historical minimum since he is professional.He played less even than in 2020, when the break was produced by the pandemic and disputed 34 meetings (27-7).

This has made him see from the barrier how Djokovic matched 20 Grand Slam both and a Roger Federer who faces the withdrawal after his third operation in the knee.The Swiss has played 13 games since February 2020 and has not a definite date back.He has also seen the Serbian stay at the gates of Golden Slam, losing to Tokyo's semifinals, at the Bronze Medal against Pablo Carreño and in the final of the US Open, and overcome the record of more weeks as number one.Djokovic already has 356 weeks, well above the 310 that Federer put as a ribbon.

The Belgrade approached the best season in the history of male tennis and the Steffi Graf record, the only person to win the four Grand Slams and the Olympic gold in the same year, while their two maximum contemporary rivals battle against the injuries outsidetrack.The Djokovic antithesis witness was collected by Daniil Medvedev, winner of Davis Cup, ATP Cup and the United States Open and deserved number two in the world.

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The concerns in Spanish tennis frightened them by a swipe Carlos Alcaraz, who emerged as the promise and that in this 2021 he has established himself as one of the best young people in the world, but the best.

The El Palmar started the year as number 141 in the world and has ended up touching to get among the 30 best.Alcaraz, who in 2020 had opened a pace based on victories in the Challengers, premiered his locker in Grand Slams in Australia and began to shine in Marbella, where he reached the semifinals.But no one could presage what would happen next.

In Madrid he was baptized, taking advantage of an invitation to get his first victory in a 1,000 masters and play, playing against Nadal at the Manolo Santana del Tournament of Madrid.It was only the appetizer of a few master months.Alcaraz spent Roland Garros the previous one, reached the third round, improving the records of Djokovic and Federer in his premieres in Grand Slam, and in Wimbledon he won his first game to five sets.

In Umag, Croatia, two weeks after London's grass, he won his first ATP title.He the youngest to get it in thirteen years.His progression no longer had a barrier.He previously surpassed in Cincinnati, third semifinals of the course in Winston Salem and ball in the US Open, where he beat him the first top 3 of him, Stefanos Tsitsipas and climbed to the quarterfinals.The youngest to get it since 1963.

He got among the 50 best in the world and crowned the year winning the Next Gen Finals of Milan, certifying his status as best young man at just 18 years.By 2022 she already puts herself between eyebrow and eyebrows among the top 15 of the ranking and playing at the end of the year the Cup of Teachers.